The new wave of Web applications are built on technologies such as AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight, which enable developers to build better, richer user experiences. These technologies bring a shift in how applications are organized, including a stronger separation of presentation from data. In this session, you’ll learn how ADO.NET Data Services enables applications to expose data as a REST-based data service that can be consumed by Web clients within a corporate network and across the Internet. We’ll look at how the data service is reachable over HTTP, and how URIs are used to identify the various pieces of information available through the service. You’ll get a solid understanding of data service concepts like HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE) and data formats (ATOM/APP and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)).

Parallel Programming in .NET 4.0 - Much more than Threading!

Come learn how the next version of Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework can help you write better performing and more scalable applications. We take a tour of new .NET APIs, including the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ). We also introduce new features in the debugger that help you quickly identify concurrency issues and visualize the internal state of your application. You don’t need any experience with writing multi-threaded code to benefit from this session

Windows 7 and Windows Server – Exciting New OS Developer Features

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 come packed with loads of new developer goodies. Computers are starting to come with more and more hardware built-in – from Ambient Light Sensors to Accelerometers and GPS. Come learn about how the Windows 7 Sensor API can integrate with your applications, and help them rock with these new hardware capabilities. Not to be outdone, Windows Server R2 has seen some really incredible boosts to IIS with version 7.5 and the extensibility models. Now you can manage your databases, delegate control to multiple IIS servers, and configure package deployment from all within one location!